Smoking set



J. R. ONEIL- SMOKING SET Sept. '27, 1932.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 20, 1928 "HIH INVENTOR JAMES fi. OWE/l.

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Sept. 27, 1932. R; ON lL 1,879,634

SMOKING SET Filed Aug. 20, 1928 2- Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR JAMES F.OA/c/z.

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Fatenied Sept. 27, 1932 PATENT OFFICE JAMESR. ONEIL, OF SAN FRANCISCO,"CALIFORNIA SMOKING SET Application fi1ed August 20, 1928. Serial No.300,934.

I My invention relatesfto improvements in smoking sets, and it consistsof the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a smoking set which willresemble a standard telephone. The article is designed for anovelty'as-well as for the purpose of-utility. The

headof the telephone is movable from inoperative to operative position,and is in reality an ashtray. The mouthpiece supports a cigar orcigarette holder, and the mouthpiece ma be turned for opening the coverto the as tray, and this turning movement, coupled with the raising ofthe telephone head, swings the cigarette holder into operative position.

The-head when raised releases a stop 'mem her and permits the receiverhook to swing upwardly when the receiver is removed. The upward swingingof the hook closes a circuit through a cigarettelighter'carried by theend-of the receiver.

The front of the base removably-carries a package-of cigarettes.

Other objects and advantages will appear as thelspecification proceeds,and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in what Ihereinafter claim.

.My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a partof this ap plication, in which Figure 1 is a section along the line 11of Figure 2;

:F igure 2 is a front elevation of the device, a portionbeing brokenaway;

Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a cigarette package holder Figure 5 isa diagrammatic view of a modifiedform of the device; and

.Figures 6 and 7 are views showing the ash tray cover in closed andopenpo'sitions.

Incarrying out my invention I provide a base l'whioh resembles astandard telephone base. .In place of the dial used on automatictelephones, I mount a bracket-2 which is U- shaped .and which hasupwardly-extending legs :3. :Eachleg has a recess 4 of the shape shownin Figure 1. A-meta'l container 5 (see Figure 4;) has its lower endreceived in the recess 4. This container is large enough to hold apackage of cigarettes andis provided with a spring 6 for yieldinglycontacting with the package. Figure 5 shows how the container 5 supportsa package of cigarettes 7 The base l carries an upright '8, and thisupright is capped by a casting 9 which in turn is bifurcated at 10 forreceiving the tongue 11 of a telephone head 12. Ahook 13 pivots on a rod14 carried by the casting 9, and the tongue 11 pivots in the bifurcatedend 10, which permits-the head 12 to be swung into the dotted-lineposition shown in F igure 1.

I will first describe the switch which is housed in the upright 8 beforesetting forth the structure of the receiver and the mouth- 7 piece. Abar 15 (see Figure 1) leads from the base 1 up to the pin 14. Figure 3shows how this bar carries a spring 16 and 110w the latter is secured inplace by a rivet 17. The spring has its free end 18 resting upon a camedge 19 of the hook 18. A spring contact 20 is insulated from and iscarried by the spring 16. This contact is yieldingly held inengagementwith the contact 21 when the hook 31 is in raised position.The hook is moved o into raised position when a receiver 22 (see Figure2) is lifted therefrom. The terminal 21 is mounted upon an insulatedbase23 and the latter 'is secured to the bar 15.

In Figure 2 I show how the receiver 22 car- 35 ries a cigarette lighter24. The wires leading from the lighter pass through a cord 25 and areconnected to the terminals 20 and 21. When the head 12 is in thedotted-line position, the raising of the receiver will permit the spring18 to close the contacts 20 and 21. This will close a circuit from asource of current (not shown) through wires .26 which lead to the switchand from the switch by the wires in the housing cord 25 tothe receiver.It should be noted at this point that when the receiver 22 is upon thehook 13, the lighter 24 is disposed above the base 1. The base willtherefore protect articles from touching the lighter and will obviateany tendency of a 1G fire being started by the heated element. Ofcourse, as soon as the receiver is placed back upon the hook 13, thecircuit is cut off to the lighter and the lighter will quickly cool.

I now come to the means for locking the hook 13 in inoperative positionuntil the head 12 has swung into substantially vertical position. Thetongue 11 has a cam edge 27, and this contacts with the top of a tubularmember 28. The latter bears against the top of the hook 13 as shown inFigure 3. When the head 12 is in the dotted-line position, the spring 16is strong enough to lift the tube 28 when the receiver 22-is removedfrom the hook. A swinging of the head 12 into the full-line positionclamps the tube 28 down upon the hook 13 and prevents the swinging ofthe latter.

A stop 29 is carried by the tongue 11 and bears against a notch 30 (,seeFigure 1) in the casting 9 for limiting the upward movement of the head12. The stop prevents the head from being swung into vertical position,but permits it to be moved almost into this position.

Within the head 12 I dispose an ash tray. This comprises a container 31(see Figure 1). This container is carried by a cover plate 32. Thelatter has a flange 33 designed to be snugly received within the head12. The plate 32 may be removed and carry with it the container 31. Thecontainer may then be removed from the plate and the contents emptied.

The ash tray is covered by a plate 34 which is swung into open andclosed position by a handle .35 resembling the mouthpiece of atelephone. The plate 34 may have indentations 36 in its outer surfacefor carrying out the effect of a standard telephone. The mouthpieceswivels in the plate 32 and carries a pin 37 (see Figure 6) which ispivotally connected to the plate 34. The mouthpiece is designed to berotated through a halt circle, and this rotation will swing the plate 34into the position shown in Figure 7 so as to uncover the opening 38 intothe container. The piece 34 is provided with a slot 39 that rides on apin 40 which causes the movement shown in Figures 6 and 7 A rotation ofthe mouthpiece 35 through half a circle swings a cigarette carrier 41carried by the mouthpiece (see Figure 1) into the dotted line positionand disposes this carrier in substantially a horizontal plane. In thisposition the carrier 41 can support a cigarette or a cigar. It alsoshows that the ash tray is open.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood.

The imitation telephone may be placed upon a desk or other supportingsurface, and the standard 8 may be grasped when it is desired to removea cigarette from the package 7. The mouthpiece is turned and the head isswung back for permitting the hook 13 to close the circuit when thereceiver is lifted therefrom. The cigarette or cigar is lighted by thecigarette lighter 34. As soon as the receiver is placed back upon thehook, the current is cut off to the light. The device is extremelynovel, and at the same time has utility.

In Figure 5 I show a slightly modified form of the device. The hook inthis form does not close a switch but is merel a. permanent and fixedpart of the device. he

- switch is carried by a receiver 51 and is of the push button variety.The receiver 51 is grasped in the hand and the switch 52 is closed forsending a current through the cigarette lighter 24. As soon as theswitch 52 is released, the current ceases to flow. Wires 53 lead fromthe receiver to the base 1 and then from the base to a plug 54. Thepurpose of leading the wires to the base is to give. the device an apearance of a standard telephone. All of t e other parts of the deviceare identical, and therefore need no further description. The samereference numerals will apply in this device that are used in the formerexcept where changes are made. 7 AlthoughI have shown and described twoembodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that the same issusceptible of various changes, and I reserve the right to employ suchchanges as may come within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a smoking set, a support, an ash tray pivotally carired thereby, afunnel-shaped member communicating with the interior of the ash tray andbeing rotatable with respect thereto, and a closure operativelyconnected to said member and normally closing the inner end thereof,said closure being swingable into open position when said member is r0-tated.

2. An ash tray comprising a receptacle, a tubular member communicatingwith said receptacle, a closure for the receptacle and being operativelyconnected to said member, said member when rotated in one directionopening the receptacle and when rotated in the opposite directionclosing the receptacle.

3. An ash tray comprising a receptacle, a removable top therefor, saidtop having an opening, a closure for the opening pivotally carried bysaid top, a rotatable tubular member aligned with the opening andconnected with the closure for opening and closing the closure when thetubular member is rotated.

4. In a smoking set, a support, an ash tray pivotally carried thereby, afunnel-shaped member communicating with the interior of the ash tray andbeing rotatable with respect thereto, a closure operatively connected tosaid member'and normally closing the inner end thereof, said closurebeing swingable into open position when said member is rotated, acigarette holder carried by said member and being swingable intooperative position when said member moves said closure into openposition, and said ash tray is swung about its pivotal point on saidsupport into its uppermost position.

JAMES R. ONEIL.

